Research & Development Chef

RecruitMe Plus; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

RecruitMe Plus is seeking a Research & Development Chef to lead culinary product development across the brand, ensuring profitability and brand alignment. You will manage a team of chefs and external food technicians to deliver innovative products with consistency.

The role calls for creativity, strong culinary skills, and market awareness of current and future food trends. You will write and cost recipes, train staff, and drive launches from concept to menu integration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in culinary arts.
• Minimum of 5 years culinary experience within an established food manufacturing group.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and manage the strategic culinary development plan encompassing all product cycles that operates within the standards.
• Lead a team of chefs and external food technicians to execute products accurately and with consistency.
• Develop products from a range of cuisines, with various looks and forms of food presentation.
• Create strong products regularly and cost recipes and procedures for new products or reformulate current products.
• Ensure culinary execution is consistent with branding elements of each new product created.
• Train staff involved in the production of new products developed.

Skills

Creativity & Innovation

Passion

Teamwork

Knowledge and Skills

Integrity

Ownership

Planning and Organizing

Influence

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree/diploma in culinary arts

Job description

About the job Research & Development Chef

Position Title:Research & Development Chef

Reports to:Executive Chef / Kitchen Manager

About the Company

Our client is a dynamic hospitality group recognized for creating trendsetting F&B concepts that blend creativity, quality, and experience. With several well-loved brands under its umbrella from artisanal bakeries to lifestyle-driven restaurants the group continues to redefine the casual dining scene across the GCC.

Deliver and manage the strategic culinary development plan encompassing all product cycles that operates within the standards.

Essential Functions

• To combine innovative and creative ideas and exceptional culinary capability in developing products with commercial understanding of what will be profitable to the business and the customer/end user.
• Effectively use enthusiasm, creativity, strong culinary skills and commercial acumen to actively sell the benefits and added value for each new product developed.
• To lead a team of chefs and external food technicians to execute products accurately and with consistency across the board.
• Ability to come up with creative ideas in line with current and future food trends and translate them to exciting and appealing menu and food offers.
• Be highly innovative and to open new ideas, cuisines and concepts.
• Able to develop products from a range of cuisines, with various different looks and forms of food presentation.
• Create strong products regularly.
• Thoroughly research new ideas to identify market niches and opportunities to which existing products could be tailored and new products developed.
• Ability to be creative and cost-conscious in product development.
• Adopt a hands on approach to the launch of new products, menu or recipe dishes successfully.
• Writes & costs recipes and procedures for new products or reformulate current products.
• Ensures culinary execution is consistent with branding elements of each new product created.
• To carry out training of all staff involved in the production of new products developed.

Skills Required

• Creativity & Innovation
• Passion
• Teamwork
• Knowledge and Skills
• Integrity
• Ownership
• Planning and Organizing
• Influence
• Analytical Thinking
• Communication

Education

• Bachelors degree/diploma in culinary arts

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years culinary experience within an established food manufacturing group.
• Multiple language skills is an advantage.